Scars That Bleed

Fist

Tense

Collision

I see the red

Touch the pain

Feel the abuse

Flashbacks.

Boil

Suffocate

Hyperfocus

Tearing lungs

Cracking rib cage

Agony.

Delicately

I hold

Red clumps

Flushing out.

I brush

My fingers

Over the scars,

Hardened

And lumpy.

Bruise

Punch

Recoil

I see

Touch

Feel

Break open the solid,

Red memories

Flushing out.

I remember.